8 Years of Squirrels!
8 years ago I battled a squirrel in my house. He jumped on my back when I went into my closet one morning. He scared the crap outta me! It took my a half hour to catch it and get it out of my room. I dubbed him “Super Squirrel”. He must have been getting his groove on in my attic because ever since then, I have been dealing with, what I assume to be, his offspring. They chew through my house repairs and continue to make their home in my attic. They have a place to eat, a place to sleep, a place to defecate and a place to bury their dead. Through the years we have found them all! We have had the house repaired numerous times but they simply chew through it.
We have had enough and are now aggressively trapping them. We bought some traps at Tractor Supply and are baiting them with peanut butter. We have trapped some in the past but we always slowed down when the traps started to be set off with no capture. We now have better traps and a stronger resolve to rid our home of the pests.
Some people will say that the squirrels were there first. I say hogwash! My house is 30 years old and not a single one of these squirrels is even 1/15th that age! This is MY HOME! They are invading into our territory and we are fighting back!
After we rid the house of the pests, we are planning to have our fascia boards and soffits replaced with cement board (hardi-plank) so they can dig through again. We are also placing heavy wire mesh on the backside of our gable end vents. We are going to make it very hard for them to homestead there again. Maybe this will be enough of a deterrent to steer them to another house.
After I get over the hatred for them, I may build a squirrel house up in a tree so they can live there instead.
